Where does “miohund” come from?

miohund (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse mjóhundr, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

miohund (Old Danish): sighthound

Definitions

  1. sighthound

Ancestry of “miohund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemjóhundr—
2Old Norsehundra dog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →
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